To add to the previous post, there is an epic flame/legal/political/technical discussion of the iiNet case at Whirlpool: link.
There’s also a discussion at Slashdot: link (more from a “you crazy Australians and your crazy laws” perspective).
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iiNet film piracy case
21Nov08You might remember this from a few days ago - a federal minister reading directly from the film and music industry script about the evils of piracy.
Now, in what seems not to be a coincidence (perhaps a coordinated campaign was agreed to in some Bond villain-esque meeting room), the film studios have decided to have […]
DVD piracy = child molesting
09Nov08And so it begins: link. If you copy DVDs, you are directly supporting drug trafficking and the rape of small children. As if you didn’t know that, you raping, drug-dealing monster, you.
The USA has been subjected to a torrent (get it?) of this kind of crap in recent years, but we have largely […]
German officials have allegedly refused to grant the makers of a new film starring T. Cruise, Crazy Cult Member, access to historic military locations for the purposes of filming. The film is about a plot to assassinate Hitler, and the German military is concerned about the portrayal of important historical figures by a […]
It’s with a mixture of fear and incredulity that I discover that Cate Blanchett is to play none other than Bob Dylan in a film about his life and times. A suitably disturbing full-sized picture is can be seen here.
The film is called ‘I’m Not There‘ and it sounds rather odd, to say the […]
This feature on Rotten Tomatoes brings to mind a pet hate of mine. As they explain on the site,
we have combed through eight decades of Oscar winners to determine which Academy Award-winning film truly stands above the rest.
The idea is that they have taken the last 79 winners of the ‘best picture’ Oscar and […]
pan’s labyrinth
28Jan07Del Toro is clearly not someone who believes that the worst aspects of violence are better implied and thereby left to his audience’s imagination.
